Galatians 6:12

Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.

Cross References (20)

  • Galatians 5:11 (5)

    Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cr

  • 2 Corinthians 11:13 (4)

    For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.

  • Acts 15:1 (4)

    Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom o

  • Colossians 2:23 (4)

    Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and the

  • Luke 16:15 (3)

    So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized a

  • Galatians 2:3 (3)

    Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

  • Galatians 6:13 (2)

    For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your

  • Philippians 1:15 (2)

    It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.

  • Matthew 23:28 (2)

    In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

  • Acts 15:5 (2)

    But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required

  • Luke 20:47 (2)

    They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”

  • Philippians 2:4 (2)

    Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

  • Matthew 6:16 (2)

    When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly

  • Matthew 23:5 (2)

    All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

  • 2 Corinthians 10:12 (2)

    We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themse

  • Matthew 6:2 (2)

    So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the stre

  • Galatians 2:14 (2)

    When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If y

  • Philippians 3:18 (2)

    For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

  • John 7:18 (2)

    He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of t

  • Matthew 6:5 (1)

    And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street cor